Religion, Society and Politics in France Since 1789

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This book has been carefully planned to give a coherent account of the impact of religion in France over the last two hundred years. Most books in English dealing with the subject are now dated, and in any case concentrate on institutional questions of church-state relations rather than on the wider influence of religion throughout France. These essays summarise recent French research and provide a concise up-to-date introduction to the history of modern French Catholicism. Cover Contents Introduction Notes on Contributors List of Principal Abbreviations 1 Dechristianizing France: The Year II and the Revolutionary Experience 2 Negotiating the Divide: Women, Philanthropy and the 'Public Sphere' in Nineteenth-Century France 3 Religion and Gender in Modern France: Some Reflections 4 The Catholic Church and the Business Community in Nineteenth-Century France 5 The Emergence of Catholic Politics in the Midi, 1830–70 6 Why Republicans and Catholics Couldn't Stand Each Other in in the Nineteenth Century 7 Catholics versus Freemasons in Late Nineteenth-Century France 8 Socialism and Catholicism in France: Jaurès, Guesde and the Dreyfus Affair 9 The Politics of Legality: The Religious Orders in France, 1901–15 10 Church and State: Prelates, Theologians and the Vichy Regime 11 Catholics and Communism in Liberation France, 1944–47 12 Christian Democracy in France, 1965–90: Death and Resurrection Index A B C D E F G H J L M N O P R S T U V W Z